Antirefillable bottle.



P. PUZY. ANTIBEFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION IILED 11120.13, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

PAUL FUZY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTIEEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 13, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910. Serial No. 532,892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL FUZY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAntirefillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inanti-refillable bottles, and the invention has for its object to providea bottle with positive and reliable means for preventing a bottle thathas been emptied from being refilled.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide a bottle of the abovecharacter with a novel closure or stopper for positively sealing theopening of the bottle, thus maintaining the contents thereof in perfectcondition.

My invention aims to eliminate the nefarious practice of unscrupulousmerchants in refilling bottles that once contained a popular brand ofliquid with an inferior article and disposing of same as the originalbrand. It is in this connection that my bottle can be advantageouslyused by distillers for liquors and by pharmacists for medical compounds.

My invention will be hereinafter considered in detail and then claimed,and reference will now be had to the drawing forming part of thisspecification, wherein there is illustrated what I believe to be apractical embodiment of the invention, nevertheless, I desire it to beunderstood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing like numerals of reference denote corresponding partsthroughout the several views in which Figure 1 is an elevation of aportion of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionalview taken on the line m-% of Fig. 2, and Fig. 1 is a perspective Viewof a detached flap valve adapted to form part of the bottle.

In the drawing 1 denotes a portion of a bottle having a neck 2 providedat the upper end with parallel peripheral collars 3 and 4, said collarsforming an annular groove 5.

6 denotes a cylindrical cap or hood mounted over the neck 2, said caphaving the lower end thereof flared or bell shaped, as at 7 to rest uponthe breast 8 of the bottle. The upper end of the cap'is provided with acentral interiorly threaded opening 9 and the side thereof with a curveddepending spout 10, which communicates with the interior of the cap 6.The inner side walls of the cap at the inner end of the spout 10 areprovided with stop-shoulders 11 .adapted to be engaged by a cup-shapedflap valve 12. This valve is provided with oppositely projecting lugs 13which are trunnioned in the side walls of the spout 10. The valve isalso provided with an arm 14: adapted to en gage the roof of the spoutand limit the outward swinging movement of the valve, while the shoulder11 limits the inward movement.

15 denotes a resilient gasket or ring adapted to engage in the groove 5and engage the inner side walls of the cap and form a nonleakableconnection between the cap and the bottle.

16 denotes spring or resilient arms riveted or otherwise secured to theinner side walls of the flared end 7 of the cap and these arms areoppositely disposed and are adapted to have the upper ends thereofengage under the collar 4: and retain the cap upon the bottle.

17 denotes a screw thread stem adjustably mounted in the opening 9 ofthe cap. The upper end of the stem is rectangular, as at 18 for a wrenchor other instrument (not shown) that can be employed for rotating thestem, while the lower end thereof is provided with a peripheral flange19 and a circular head 20.

21 denotes a resilient cap, preferably made of rubber, said cap fittingover the head 20 and having a flange 22 adapted to rest upon the collar3 of the bottle neck.

23 denotes a resilient washer interposed between the cap 21 and theflange 19 and adapted to engage the inner side walls of the cap 6.

With the stem 17 in a lowered position the upper end or neck of thebottle is securely closed, and to remove the contents of the bottle, thestem is raised until the cap 21 is above the inner end of the spout 10.By tilting or holding the bottle in an inclined position, the contentscan be poured through the spout 10; the flap valve 12 swinging to anopen position. Even with the cap '21 raisedit is practically impossibleto fill the bottle through the spout 10 since the flap valve willimmediately close.

It is thought that the utility and operation of the bottle will be fullyunderstood without further description and that the device can be madeof metal, or glass it being preferable to use a malleable metal wherebythe flap valve can be correctly positioned and then the spout 1O shapedto pivotally held the valve.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Ihecombination of a bottle, a cylindrical cap fitted over the neck of thebottle, the said cap havin a threaded opening in the top thereof andbeing provided at one side with a spout, an outwardly opening flap valvearranged in the spout, means for holding the cappermanently in positionon the neck of the bottle, a threaded stem mounted within the beforementioned threaded opening in the top of the cap and formed toward itslower end with a flange, a cap applied to the lower extremity of thestem and adapted to close the mouth of the bottle when forced inwardlyagainst the same, and a washer member interposed between the cap and thebefore mentioned flange on the stem, the said washer member closelyengaging the interior of the cap and being moved out wardly beyond thespout by suitably turnmg the threaded stem when it is desired to thebefore mentioned shoulder when in a closed position, an arm projectingoutwardly from the flap valve to engage the interior of the spout tolimit the opening of the said flap valve, a threaded stem mounted withinthe before mentioned opening in thc top of the cap and formed toward itslower end with a flange, means carried by the inner end of the stem forclosing the mouth of the bottle when the stem is moved in wardly, and awasher member also carried by the inner end of the stem and closelyengaging the interior of the cylindrical cap, the said washer memberbeing moved outwardly beyond the before mentioned spout by suitablyturning the stem when it is desired to turn liquid from the interior ofthe bottle through the spout.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL FUZY. Witnesses JNo. G. Perms, M. BAYAN.

